

Bear face pcb
A QMK-compatible replacement PCB for the Vortex Race 3, graced by the beautiful bear face of my friend
- Size
- 300 × 111.8 mm
- Copper layers
- 2
- Thickness
- 1.6 mm
- Parts
- 216
- Nets
- 130
- Pads
- 772
- Tracks, vias
- 1,144, 74
- Pours
- 2
- Routed
- Yes
- KiCad
- KiCad 9.0 (file 20241229)
- Created
- 10 Dec 2019
- Updated
- 22 Apr 2026
Overview
Bear face pcb is an open-source printed circuit board by will-hedges, from the will-hedges/bear-face-pcb repository on GitHub, published under the MIT licence. It is a 2-layer board of 300 × 111.8 mm with 216 parts on 130 nets, routed with 1,144 tracks and 74 vias.
It is built around the ATMEGA32U4-AU. Its parts include 85 diodes, 7 capacitors, 7 resistors, 1 IC and 1 connector. It belongs with the AVR (ATmega, ATtiny) boards of this library.
Main components
1README
README.mdCortex Face
v1 of my QMK-compatible replacement PCB for the Vortex Race 3, hilariously named after my boi
Parts
216| Qty | Value | Footprint | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | D_Small | Diode_SMD:D_SOD-123 | D1, D2, D10, D11, D12, D13, D14, D15, D16, D17, D18, D19, D20, D21, D22, D23 +69 |
| 17 | Hole | bear_face_parts:MountingHole_6mm | Hc1, Hc2, Hc5, Hc6, Hc7, Hc9, Hc11, Hc12, Hc13, Hc14, Hm1, Hm2, Hm3, Hm4, Hm5, Hm6 +1 |
| 4 | Hole | MountingHole:MountingHole_2.2mm_M2_Pad | Hc3, Hc4, Hc8, Hc10 |
| 3 | 100nF | Capacitor_SMD:C_0805_2012Metric | C4, C5, C6 |
| 2 | 10k | Resistor_SMD:R_0805_2012Metric | R4, R5 |
| 2 | 22 | Resistor_SMD:R_0805_2012Metric | R1, R2 |
| 2 | 22pF | Capacitor_SMD:C_0805_2012Metric | C1, C2 |
| 2 | 5.1k | Resistor_SMD:R_0805_2012Metric | R6, R7 |
| 2 | ISO | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX58, MX62 |
| 1 | '" | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX57 |
| 1 | ,< | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX70 |
| 1 | -_ | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX27 |
| 1 | .> | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX71 |
| 1 | /? | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX72 |
| 1 | 0 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX26 |
| 1 | 1 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX17 |
| 1 | 10uF | Capacitor_SMD:C_0805_2012Metric | C7 |
| 1 | 16MHz | Crystal:Crystal_SMD_3225-4Pin_3.2x2.5mm | Y1 |
| 1 | 1uF | Capacitor_SMD:C_0805_2012Metric | C3 |
| 1 | 2 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX18 |
| 1 | 3 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX19 |
| 1 | 4 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX20 |
| 1 | 470 | Resistor_SMD:R_0805_2012Metric | R3 |
| 1 | 5 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX21 |
| 1 | 500mA | Fuse:Fuse_1206_3216Metric | F1 |
| 1 | 6 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX22 |
| 1 | 7 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX23 |
| 1 | 8 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX24 |
| 1 | 9 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX25 |
| 1 | ;: | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX56 |
| 1 | =+ | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX28 |
| 1 | A | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX47 |
| 1 | ATmega32U4-AU | bear_face_parts:ATMEGA32U4-AU | U1 |
| 1 | B | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX67 |
| 1 | BKSPC | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-2U-NoLED | MX29 |
| 1 | C | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX65 |
| 1 | CAPS | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-Stepped-Caps-XD75 | MX46 |
| 1 | Conn_02x03_Odd_Even | bear_face_parts:2x3pinsocketOFFSET | J2 |
| 1 | D | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX49 |
| 1 | DEL | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1.5U-NoLED | MX15 |
| 1 | E | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX34 |
| 1 | END | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX75 |
| 1 | ENTER | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-ISO-ANSI-Enter-ReversedStabilizers | MX59 |
| 1 | ESC | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1.5U-NoLED | MX1 |
| 1 | F | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX50 |
| 1 | F1 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX2 |
| 1 | F10 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX11 |
| 1 | F11 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX12 |
| 1 | F12 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX13 |
| 1 | F2 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX3 |
| 1 | F3 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX4 |
| 1 | F4 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX5 |
| 1 | F5 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX6 |
| 1 | F6 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX7 |
| 1 | F7 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX8 |
| 1 | F8 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX9 |
| 1 | F9 | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX10 |
| 1 | FACE | bear_face_silks:cbf_small_flipped | G1 |
| 1 | FN | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX81 |
| 1 | G | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX51 |
| 1 | H | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX52 |
| 1 | HOME | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX30 |
| 1 | I | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX39 |
| 1 | J | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX53 |
| 1 | K | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX54 |
| 1 | L | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX55 |
| 1 | LALT | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1.25U-NoLED | MX78 |
| 1 | LCTRL | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1.25U-NoLED | MX76 |
| 1 | LGUI | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1.25U-NoLED | MX77 |
| 1 | LOGO | bear_face_silks:b_face_logo_text | G*** |
| 1 | LSHIFT | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-Split-LShift | MX61 |
| 1 | M | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX69 |
| 1 | MountingHole_Pad | bear_face_parts:MountingHole_Header_Pin_Pad | Hm8 |
| 1 | N | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX68 |
| 1 | O | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX40 |
| 1 | P | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX41 |
| 1 | PASTA | bear_face_silks:pasta_small | G2 |
| 1 | PGDN | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX60 |
| 1 | PGUP | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX45 |
| 1 | PN | bear_face_parts:MXOnly-1U-NoLED | MX14 |
The 190 most common of 216 parts.
Questions
How big is the Bear face pcb PCB?
It measures 300 × 111.8 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.
What parts does the Bear face pcb use?
216 parts, built around the ATMEGA32U4-AU. The full list of its parts is on this page, with links to each part's symbol and footprint where PCBKit's library has them.
Where can I download the Bear face pcb KiCad files?
From the will-hedges/bear-face-pcb repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is bear_face_pcb.kicad_pcb and its schematic bear_face_pcb.kicad_sch. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.
Can I use the Bear face pcb design in my own project?
Its repository publishes it under the MIT licence: you may reuse it on that licence's terms (keep the author's notice, and for a copyleft licence share your changes alike).
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